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From Farm to Phenomenal: The Innovation Behind Sumo Citrus®’ Market-Leading Performance

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    From Farm to Phenomenal: The Innovation Behind Sumo Citrus®’ Market-Leading Performance

    Through the most recent Sumo Citrus season, the brand accounted for 74% of total growth realized by the mandarin sub-category and 29% of total growth among all citrus products at the grocery store. This category leadership demonstrates how rethinking produce to deliver extraordinary consumer value—through repeatable superior quality, convenience, and price—creates good outcomes for consumers and grocery customers alike.

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    Sumo Citrus®: Aligning Consumer Values with Agricultural Investment

    Sumo Citrus exemplifies how consumer-driven demand for sustainable and high-quality products can be successfully met through thoughtful and innovative agricultural practices. At Agriculture Capital, this case study reinforces our commitment to investments that not only yield financial returns but also contribute positively to the planet and its people.

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    A Primer on Investing in (Regenerative) Farmland

    Since 2014, Agriculture Capital has pioneered the integration of regenerative agriculture into our investment strategies, enhancing these fundamental aspects. By invigorating natural systems, regenerative practices add natural capital of the land, to not only mitigate risks and enhance returns,  but also pave the way for a sustainable and resilient future.

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    Agriculture Capital Welcomes New Partner, Ben Vitale, to Advance Regenerative Agriculture Initiatives

    AC’s team, with Ben’s carbon expertise, is poised to help corporations meet their net-zero goals by integrating carbon removals and emission reductions generated by AC’s agriculture platform including our support to an expanding base of grower-partners.

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    Carbon Credit Quality Characteristics: Upsides & Exclusivity

    We are passionate about regenerative agriculture’s ability to not only to generate high-quality carbon credits, but also to provide a range of upsides and co-benefits. By investing in restorative farming practices, we're catalyzing a systems-level transformation that goes beyond carbon sequestration.

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    Carbon Credit Quality Characteristics: Quantification

    To provide the highest-level of assurance of the carbon credit value chain, we have continued to improve measurement and reporting to make the process less cumbersome and expensive but of increasingly high quality and integrity.

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    Carbon Credit Quality Characteristics: Permanence

    By addressing the challenges of impermanence and leakage, we can ensure that agricultural carbon sequestration contributes to long-term climate change mitigation efforts while also providing economic and environmental benefits to farmers and society as a whole.

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    Carbon Credit Quality Characteristics: Leakage

    Leakage, a critical consideration in the evaluation of carbon credit projects, involves the unintentional shift of emissions-intensive activities due to market or policy changes. This phenomenon can undermine global carbon reduction efforts and impact the integrity of carbon credits.

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    Carbon Credit Quality Characteristics: Additionality

    AC is focused on speeding the transition from conventional to regenerative farming with a focus on high quality carbon credits. To do that, we are addressing six key carbon credit quality indicators - additionality, permanence, leakage, accurate quantification, co-benefits of regenerative agriculture, and exclusivity.

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    History of Agricultural Carbon Credits

    Welcome to AC Mindset’s Carbon Investing Primer, where we seek to educate about the principles behind carbon markets. To start, we’re defining the types of credits that can drive the transition to a low-carbon, resilient future while potentially earning attractive returns.